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SOCRATES. HUBBARD, Aor QUINGY, ILLiNoIs LettersPatent No.4 7 4,825,dated .February 25,1868.

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Beitknown that I, S. HUBBARD, of Quincy, in the county of Adams, AandState of Illinois, have invented a new and improved Toy-Gun; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art to'make and use the same, reference being had yto the accom panyingdrawings, forming'part of this specification. i

This invention consists in the application ofan'elastic cord 'to' ntoy-gun, in sueh ay manner that itmay be stretched or distended, andheld in a distended state by a catch with trigger attached, the cordheirigccnnectcd to a slide which works within the barrel ofthe gun, andall so arranged that,'by pulling the trigger, and thereby operating thecatch, and releasing the cord, the latter will, by its elasticity,`project thc shot arrow or otherI missile from the gun. In theaccompanying sheet of drawings?- i Figure 1 is a side sectional view ofmy invention.

. Figure n2, a detached horizontalsection of the barrel taken throughtheV centre.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding'parts.

A represents the stock of the gun constructedviu the form of what isgenerally termed full stock, the wood extending the whole length of thebarrel B, as4 shown clearly in fig. 1. The barrel B is constructed ofmetal, and it isslctted longitudinally1 at its under side, as shown ata. VThe barrel is secured to the stock by a screw, b, or other suitablemeans, and in the'stock, underneath the barrel, there is made alongitudinal groove, e, to receive an elastic cord, C, the outer end ofwhich is secured in thelouter end-of the groove, as shown at el in iig.l. lThe inner end of the cord is attached to a slide, D, which is fittedand works in the barrel B, said cord being'itted to or around a pendentprojection, e, which entends down through the slot a inthe barrel intogroove c, as shown in fig. 1. The inner end of the slide D has a pendentprojection,f,to catch into a notch `or behind a shoulder, g, inthe frontend of a curved lever, E, the lower part ot' which forms the trigger.The slide D may be of metal, Vaudits. head and rear are composed of twocircular disks LKL, nearly equal in diameter Y to the internal diameterofthe barrel, the disks being connected by'a flat strip, c'. These partsmaybe of metal, and all cast in one piece. Against the. under side ofthe front part of .thc lever E a small spring, j, bears, which has atendency to keepthe shoulder g of lever Epressed up'ward'in front of4the projectionf of the slide, as will be fully understood iby referringto iig. I. i K

In order to load the` gun, all that is required is simply to press downthe slide D by means of a ramrod, until the projectionfcatchcs behindthe shoulder of the trigger, the cord C being thereby stretched. Theball c, or other missile, is then dropped into the, barrel, and restsupon the slide, theA ball being prevented from rolling out `ofthebarrel, when the same is inclined downward, by means of a stop, Gr,composed of a projection on a spring, Z', attached to the outside of thebarrel; the projection passing through an opening, ffm, in the barrel bythe side of theball, or a little in front ofthe same, so as to press-lightly against the latter and retain it in place, as will befullyunderstood by referring to g. 2. In order to project the ball or missile7c, the trigger E is pulled,`and the slide thereby released, sothattheol elastic cord C will spring forward and carry the slide D with it,and project the ball with a ''orceor velocity due to thestren'gth ofthecord.

I claimas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. Constructing theslideD of two heads 7i 7L, an intermediatc'slip, z', and pendentprojections ef, whereby lightness, with strength and'durability, isobtained. y

2. The stop G, constructedand applied tothe gun to retain the missiletherein when the barrel is inclined downward, substantially as setforth, i

3. The'combination of the elastic cord C, slidcD, trigger E, and stopGr, all arranged.forijointoperation,

substantially in the manner as and for the purpose specified. I Theabove. speciiication of my invention signed by me, this 12th day ofDecember, 1867.

Y SOCRATES HUBBARD. Witnesses z' L. E. WILcoX, C. 0.-.W1L00X..

